Fall 2017

Wednesday, September 6 Intro & Overview of the Graduate Training Program Marcy Carlson, UW–Madison Sociology Michal Engelman, UW–Madison Sociology John Mullahy, UW–Madison Population Health Jenna Nobles, UW–Madison Sociology Jim Raymo, UW–Madison Sociology Wednesday, September 13 Writing a Strong Conference Abstract Michal Engelman, UW–Madison Sociology Wednesday, September 20 Workshop PAA Abstracts Jenna Nobles, UW–Madison Sociology Wednesday, September 27 The Institutional Review Board: What You Need to Know Casey Pellien, Social & Behavioral Sciences IRB Wednesday, October 4 Separating Social and Biological Processes: Relative versus Absolute Body Weight and Youth Outcomes Jinho Kim, UW–Madison Sociology Wednesday, October 11 Introducing the Health Disparities Postocs Chenoa Allen, Linnea Evans, Madelyne Greene, & Emily Hendrick, Health Disparities Research Scholars Megan Zuelsdorff, Center on Demography of Health and Aging, Postdoctoral Fellow Wednesday, October 18 Make Your Publications Public: Federal Access Requirements and Research Profiles Ryan Schryver, Ebling Library Trisha Adamus, Ebling Library Wednesday, October 25 Create Your Own Professional Website Caitlin Tefft, UW–Madison Social Science Computing Cooperative Wednesday, November 1 Age-Period-Cohort Models & Controversies Ethan Fosse, Princeton University Wednesday, November 8 R skills: dplyr & ggplot Nathan Jones, UW–Madison Survey Center Jenna Nobles, UW–Madison Sociology Wednesday, November 15 Formal Demography: State of the Field Michel Guillot, University of Pennsylvania Wednesday, November 22 Thanksgiving Break Wednesday, November 29 Methods for Panel Data Jim Walker, UW–Madison Economics Wednesday, December 6 Population Studies in Historical and Critical Perspective Michal Engelman, UW–Madison Sociology Wednesday, December 13 Framing and Developing Your Research Agenda Robert Hummer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill